News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman strongly condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 March 2004
SOFIA, 18 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, condemned the outbreak of violence in Kosovo in which many people were killed or injured. "I strongly deplore yesterday's and today's violence," he said...
OSCE Chairman welcomes decision of Azerbaijani authorities to release prisoners
Publishing date: 18 March 2004
SOFIA, 18 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, returning to Sofia from a trip to the Caucasus, welcomed the decision of the Azerbaijani authorities to pardon 129 people and release them from prison...
New Georgian leadership welcomes activities of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 3 March 2004
TBLISI, 3 March 2004- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, who is in the middle of a three-day visit to Georgia, has been meeting the country's new leadership as well as representatives of its minority communities...
OSCE mission report says situation for pre-trial detainees in Albania remains "problematic"
Publishing date: 3 March 2004
TIRANA, 3 March 2004- A report released today by the OSCE Presence in Albania says that the pre-trial detention situation in the country continues to be problematic. The document, which took nearly a year to compile, notes in particular the...
OSCE Mission to Croatia report finds ethnic Serbs "disadvantaged" in war crime trials
Publishing date: 1 March 2004
ZAGREB, 1 March 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has prepared a report based on monitoring of some 75 war crime trials during 2002 which shows that defendants of Serb ethnicity are disadvantaged at all stages of judicial proceedings compared to...
OSCE High Commissioner visits Latvia to learn at first-hand about minority education reforms
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
VIENNA, 27 February- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, ended a three-day working visit to Latvia today, during which he discussed such matters as minority education reforms, naturalization and social integration...
OSCE meeting to focus on gender strategy in Serbia
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
BELGRADE, 27 February 2004- Women parliamentarians, gender equality actors and representatives of civil society in Serbia will gather in Belgrade tomorrow at a meeting on Gender Strategy and Activity within the Serbian Parliament. Organized by...